XP 2007: Como, Italy

Giulio Concas, Ernesto Damiani, Marco Scotto, Giancarlo Succi (Eds.): Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming, 8th International Conference, XP 2007, Como, Italy, June 18-22, 2007, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 4536 Springer 2007, ISBN 978-3-540-73100-9

Managing Agile Processes

Carmen Zannier, Frank Maurer:
Comparing Decision Making in Agile and Non-agile Software Organizations. 1-8
Jennifer Ferreira, James Noble, Robert Biddle:
Up-Front Interaction Design in Agile Development. 9-16
Sandra McDowell, Nicola Dourambeis:
British Telecom Experience Report: Agile Intervention - BT's Joining the Dots Events for Organizational Change. 17-23
Olly Gotel, David Leip:
Agile Software Development Meets Corporate Deployment Procedures: Stretching the Agile Envelope. 24-27

Extending Agile Methodologies

Oliver Hummel, Colin Atkinson:
Supporting Agile Reuse Through Extreme Harvesting. 28-37
Robert Morgan, Jagoda Walny, Henning Kolenda, Estaban Ginez, Frank Maurer:
Using Horizontal Displays for Distributed and Collocated Agile Planning. 38-45
Ahmed Elshamy, Amr Elssamadisy:
Applying Agile to Large Projects: New Agile Software Development Practices for Large Projects. 46-53

Teaching and Introducing Agile Methodologies

Bjørnar Tessem, Frank Maurer:
Job Satisfaction and Motivation in a Large Agile Team. 54-61
Elizabeth Whitworth, Robert Biddle:
Motivation and Cohesion in Agile Teams. 62-69
Jacek Dajda, Grzegorz Dobrowolski:
How to Build Support for Distributed Pair Programming. 70-73

Methods and Tools

Ernesto Damiani, Alberto Colombo, Fulvio Frati, Carlo Bellettini:
A Metamodel for Modeling and Measuring Scrum Development Process. 74-83
Danilo Sato, Alfredo Goldman, Fabio Kon:
Tracking the Evolution of Object-Oriented Quality Metrics on Agile Projects. 84-92
Chengyao Deng, Patrick Wilson, Frank Maurer:
FitClipse: A Fit-Based Eclipse Plug-In for Executable Acceptance Test Driven Development. 93-100
Philipp Bouillon, Jens Krinke, Nils Meyer, Friedrich Steimann:
EzUnit: A Framework for Associating Failed Unit Tests with Potential Programming Errors. 101-104

Empirical Studies

Raimund Moser, Marco Scotto, Alberto Sillitti, Giancarlo Succi:
Does XP Deliver Quality and Maintainable Code? 105-114
Filippo Lanubile, Teresa Mallardo:
Inspecting Automated Test Code: A Preliminary Study. 115-122
Ernesto Damiani, Gabriele Gianini:
A Non-invasive Method for the Conformance Assessment of Pair Programming Practices Based on Hierarchical Hidden Markov Models. 123-136
Artem Marchenko, Pekka Abrahamsson:
Predicting Software Defect Density: A Case Study on Automated Static Code Analysis. 137-140
Lech Madeyski, Wojciech Biela:
Empirical Evidence Principle and Joint Engagement Practice to Introduce XP. 141-144

Methodology Issue

Ville Isomöttönen, Vesa Korhonen, Tommi Kärkkäinen:
Power of Recognition: A Conceptual Framework for Agile Capstone Project in Academic Environment. 145-148
Mauricio Concha, Marcello Visconti, Hernán Astudillo:
Agile Commitments: Enhancing Business Risk Management in Agile Development Projects. 149-152
Jukka Haikara:
Usability in Agile Software Development: Extending the Interaction Design Process with Personas Approach. 153-156
Asif Qumer:
Defining an Integrated Agile Governance for Large Agile Software Development Environments. 157-160

Ph.D. Symposium

Broderick Crawford, Claudio León de la Barra:
Enhancing Creativity in Agile Software Teams. 161-162
Antony Grinyer:
Investigating Adoption of Agile Software Development Methodologies in Organisations. 163-164
Noura Abbas, Andrew M. Gravell, Gary B. Wills:
Agile Software Assurance. 165-166

Posters

Ivan Chubov, Dmitri A. Droujkov:
User Stories and Acceptance Tests as Negotiation Tools in Offshore Software Development. 167-168
Xueling Shu, Andrei L. Turinsky, Christoph W. Sensen, Frank Maurer:
A Case Study of the Implementation of Agile Methods in a Bioinformatics Project. 169-170
Deepti Mishra, Alok Mishra:
Adapting Test-Driven Development for Innovative Software Development Project. 171-172
Federico Gobbo, Piero Bozzolo, Jacopo Girardi, Massimiliano Pepe:
Learning Agile Methods in Practice: Advanced Educational Aspects of the Varese XP-UG Experience. 173-174

Experience Reports

Kealy Opelt:
Overcoming Brooks' Law. 175-178
Juanjuan Zang:
Project Bid on Iteration Basis. 179-183
Dharmesh Raithatha:
Making the Whole Product Agile - A Product Owners Perspective. 184-187
Juanjuan Zang:
Financial Organization Transformation Strategy. 188-192
Tom J. Bang:
An Agile Approach to Requirement Specification. 193-197
Lawrence Ludlow:
The Application of User Stories for Strategic Planning. 198-202
Tom J. Bang:
Introducing Agile Methods into a Project Organisation. 203-207
Eric Wilcox, Stefan Nusser, Jerald Schoudt, Julian A. Cerruti, Hernan Badenes:
Agile Development Meets Strategic Design in the Enterprise. 208-212
Guido Porruvecchio, Giulio Concas, Daniele Palmas, Roberta Quaresima:
An Agile Approach for Integration of an Open Source Health Information System. 213-218
Mauro Sulfaro, Michele Marchesi, Sandro Pinna:
Agile Practices in a Large Organization: The Experience of Poste Italiane. 219-221
Ruud Wijnands, Ingmar van Dijk:
Multi-tasking Agile Projects: The Focal Point. 222-225
Xiaocheng Ge, Richard F. Paige, Fiona Polack, Phillip J. Brooke:
Extreme Programming Security Practices. 226-230
Ruud Wijnands, Ingmar van Dijk:
Multi-tasking Agile Projects: The Pressure Tank. 231-234
Paul Karsten, Fabrizio Cannizzo:
The Creation of a Distributed Agile Team. 235-239
Michele Marchesi, Katiuscia Mannaro, Selene Uras, Mario Locci:
Distributed Scrum in Research Project Management. 240-244
Grigori Melnik, Frank Maurer:
Multiple Perspectives on Executable Acceptance Test-Driven Development. 245-249
Ingmar van Dijk, Ruud Wijnands:
Test Driving the Wrong Car. 250-252
Francesco Gagliardi:
Epistemological Justification of Test Driven Development in Agile Processes. 253-256

Research Ideas

Tali Seger, Orit Hazzan, Ronen Bar-Nahor:
How Does Readiness for Agile Development Relate to Team Climate and Individual Personality Attributes? 257-260
Selene Uras, Giulio Concas, Manuela Lisci, Michele Marchesi, Sandro Pinna:
Communication Flow in Open Source Projects: An Analysis of Developers' Mailing Lists. 261-265

Panels

David Hussman:
Community Reflections. 266-267
Angela Martin, Rachel Davies, David Hussman, Michael C. Feathers:
To Certify or Not to Certify. 268-270
Steven Fraser, Scott W. Ambler, Gilad Bornstein, Yael Dubinsky, Giancarlo Succi:
Learning More About "Software Best Practices". 271-274